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TSS-1R
Tethered satellite system operated during STS-75. TSS-1R was launched on February 22, 1996 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 20, 1996).
COSPAR 1996-012BNORAD 23805Italy
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TSS-1R
- International designator
- 1996-012B
- NORAD catalog number
- 23805
- GCAT identifier
- S23805
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TSS
- Owner
- ASI
- Country
- Italy
- Builder
- Alenia Spazio
- Platform (bus)
- TSS
Launch
- Date
- February 22, 1996 · 20:18 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-012Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 315 km
- Apogee
- 403 km
- Inclination
- 28.47°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 20, 1996
- Last known active
- Feb 26, 1996
- End of operations
- Feb 26, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 674 kg
- Dry mass
- 518 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 19,695.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111498944 (CC0).